Poetry Is As Vital To

Nothing A Man Writes Can Please Him As Profoundly As Something He Does With His Back, Shoulders And Hands. For Writing Is An Artificial Activity. It Is A Lonely And Private Substitute For Conversation.

People Everywhere Enjoy Believing Things That They Know Are Not True. It Spares Them The Ordeal Of Thinking For Themselves And Taking Responsibility For What They Know.

I Have No Objections To Churches So Long As They Do Not Interfere With God's Work.

This Nation Was Built By Men Who Took Risks-pioneers Who Were Not Afraid Of The Wilderness, Businessmen Who Were Not Afraid Of Failure, Scientists Who Were Not Afraid Of The Truth, Thinkers Who Were Not Afraid Of Progress, Dreamers Who Were Not Afraid Of Action.

Although Birds Coexist With Us On This Eroded Planet, They Live Independently Of Us With A Self-sufficiency That Is Almost A Rebuke. In The World Of Birds A Symposium On The Purpose Of Life Would Be Inconceivable. They Do Not Need It. We Are Not That Self-reliant. We Are The Ones Who Have Lost Our Way.